Method of adjusting filter parameters and an associated playback system
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1. A method of adjusting at least one filter parameter of at least one filter unit associated with a playback system for an audio signal, comprising:
- (a) determining an acoustic frequency response;
(b) determining a cutoff frequency below which a sound pressure falls below a sound pressure threshold level based on an average sound pressure; and
(c) automatically adjusting the at least one filter parameter so that a mid-frequency of the filter unit is just above the cutoff frequency.
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Abstract
To improve upon a method of adjusting at least one filter parameter such as the mid-frequency of at least one filter unit provided with a playback system for audio signals, this filter unit being provided in particular for at least one digital equalizer assigned to the playback system, as well as an associated playback system so as to achieve automatic optimization of an acoustically correct bass level boosting,
- [a] first the acoustic frequency response is determined,
- [b] then a cutoff frequency below which the sound pressure falls below a sound pressure threshold level based on the average sound pressure is determined, and
- [c] next the filter parameter(s) of the filter unit is/are adjusted automatically, so that the mid-frequency of the filter unit is just above the cutoff frequency thus determined.
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1. A method of adjusting at least one filter parameter of at least one filter unit associated with a playback system for an audio signal, comprising:
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(a) determining an acoustic frequency response; (b) determining a cutoff frequency below which a sound pressure falls below a sound pressure threshold level based on an average sound pressure; and (c) automatically adjusting the at least one filter parameter so that a mid-frequency of the filter unit is just above the cutoff frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A playback system for an audio signal and for adjusting at least one filter parameter of at least one filter unit associated with the playback system, the playback system comprising:
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at least one loudspeaker device; at least one audio processor including at least one digital equalizer and situated in a signal path between at least one signal source and the at least one loudspeaker device; at least one control bus; at least one control processor connected to the at least one digital equalizer via the at least one control bus; at least one noise generator for transmitting at least one noise signal to the at least one digital equalizer; and at least one microphone including an analyzer device for detecting a signal emitted by the at least one loudspeaker device and for determining a frequency response, wherein; the control processor includes an arrangement for determining a cutoff frequency below which a sound pressure falls below a sound pressure threshold level based on an average sound pressure, and an arrangement for adjusting the at least one filter parameter in order to provide the at least one digital equalizer with a narrow-bandwidth bandpass characteristic, a mid-frequency of the at least one filter unit being variable over an audio spectrum, and the arrangement for adjusting the at least one filter parameter takes into account the frequency response. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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